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May 2, 2011
SPECIAL REPORT: Conveyor Oven Gallery
Here’s a quick look at some of the conveyor ovens on the market in spring 2011.
May 2, 2011
SEFA ANNUAL CONFERENCE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
Member-supplier meetings and relationship building were key components of Supply & Equipment Foodservice Alliance’s 25th Annual Partnership Conference in Maui, Hawaii. April 11-15. The buying group’s conference was highlighted by SEFA’s annual awards banquet, which saw 31 members and suppliers honored for their excellence in the industry and in SEFA in 2010. Member of the…
May 2, 2011
UNIT DESIGN: The Lube’s Formula One Proto
Quaker Steak & Lube’s challenge: significantly reduce the footprint, drop $1 million from overall build costs—and keep the restaurant revenues the same.
May 2, 2011
PEACE, MIKE CARPENTER
When Deirdre Flynn from NAFEM called me a week ago Monday to tell me that Mike Carpenter had suddenly passed away, I was so flabbergasted, all I could say was, “What? What? That really, really sucks!” Not the most elegant of responses, but a deeply heartfelt one. Judging from all the e-mails and phone calls…
May 2, 2011
TEXAS DEALERSHIP FOUNDER RETIRES
Kirby Restaurant and Chemical Supply is now under second-generation management. Founder Tom Bell has retired after 40 years and passed on the company to his son, Mike, who joined him at the Longview, Texas, dealership two years after its founding in 1970. Tom can now be found in Maui, Hawaii, while Mike carries on as…
May 2, 2011
HOCKENBERGS BUYS GLOBAL KES
Hockenbergs Food Service Equipment and Supply Co., a dealer headquartered in Omaha, Neb, has acquired Global KES. Based in Lee’s Summit, Mo., Global KES was a subsidiary of Sub-Technologies Inc., a supplier of smallwares—including janitorial products, scales and cutting boards—with a special focus on products for the Subway chain. Sub-Technologies will continue to operate under…
May 2, 2011
ALI GROUP NAMES BABBONI PRESIDENT AT VICTORY
Three appointments have been announced at Ali Group/North America companies. Richard Babboni has been appointed president of Victory Refrigeration. He succeeds Peter MacFarland. Babboni was general manager for Ali Group’s COF Refrigeration division in Lucca, Italy, for four years in the 1990s. He was most recently working on the foodservice industry’s operations side as president…
April 28, 2011
E&S Price Increases Remain Moderate, AutoQuotes Reports
Average list-price increases for equipment and supplies remained moderate over the past nine months, according to new data from AutoQuotes Inc., even though materials prices have soared during the period. The average price increase was a moderate 2.2% for all 358,262 products from 411 manufacturers in the company’s database. The analysis covers the period July…
April 25, 2011
NSF Honors Food Safety Leadership Award Winners
NSF Int’l. presented its Food Safety Leadership Awards on April 20 during the 2011 Food Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made a real and lasting impact on food safety. Winners include: NSF Food Safety Leadership Education Award: Brenda Halbrook, M.S., R.D., dir.-Office of Food Safety, USDA, Food…
April 25, 2011
Funding For New Food-Safety Initiatives Still In The Budget
Budget watch: Despite concerns that budget wrangling in Washington would lead to cuts in food-safety programs, it appears that most funding for the Food Safety Modernization Act signed into law in January is secure. The Senate Appropriations summary says the funding level for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration takes into account the government’s distinct…
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